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Wallyhood’s Pumpkin Carving Contest

Last year, a neighbor's teenage son from up the street made the coolest Mario Jack-o'-lantern I'd ever seen; and the more I looked around while trick or treating with the kids, the more super awesomely cool pumpkin carvings I saw.  We've definitely got some talented folk here in Wallingford. And now we'd like to put your pumpkin carving skills to the test with our first annual Wallyhood Pumpkin Carving Contest.  Our good friends over at Archie McPhee have put together some…

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Wallingford Historical Photos

Last week, Paul Dorpat issued a challenge: he had several pictures taken down near Gas Works in Wallingford from near the the turn of the century (no, not this turn of the century, last turn of the century), and wanted to see if readers could figure out exactly where they were taken. The prizes: copies of Paul's book and jars of honey from Wallyhood's own backyard bee hives. We've had some great and well thought out suggestions (including, as we had…

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Happy National Coming Out Day, Wallingford

Happy National Coming Out Day, Wallingford. As has been my habit since I began the coming out process in Texas back in 1992, I took stock of my relationships this week to identify who I might come out to today.  But there's a problem.  For the first time, there is no one to come out to.  Not one soul. Well, okay.  In the interest of complete honesty there IS one person I could come out to, but I have decided it's…

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Do-Se-Do

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Coming of age in the late '80's, we were always confused about "Contra Dancing". What did this particular form of dance and music have to do with Oliver North and Nicaraguan rebels? We had a vague image in our head of the clean-cut, corrupt Marine Colonel do-se-doing Che Guevara, but knew that somehow was wrong. Now, of course, we know that the phrase comes from the French contredanse (court dance), and, while Marines and Latin American rebels are not banned from…

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A Muddy Cup Opens Tuesday

A few weeks back, we reported that East Wallingfordians would soon have a new java spot, and now we have an official date:  A Muddy Cup will open on Tuesday, (10/12).  Their hours will be 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. to start, and depending on the neighborhood's need for a twilight caffeine fix, they may adjust their closing hours.  A Muddy Cup is located on the northwest corner of 45th at Latona. Sarah Dolezal told me that they'll be using Sol…

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Meridian School cleans up

On Thursday morning, kindergartners through fifth graders from The Meridian School were out at Meridian Park and on nearby Bagley raking, weeding, sweeping, and picking up litter.   The efforts were a part of The Meridian School’s annual fall Community Service Day.  At the north end of the park, fourth graders worked with an arborist from Sustainable Wallingford to measure trees, while parents worked hard at an apple press, making homemade cider.  I gotta tell ya -- honestly --  it was the…

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Incident at the Durn Good

At 5:54 a.m. last Friday, a man wearing a blanket around his shoulders and carrying a large rock, damaged the glass door at the Durn Good Grocery. The store’s security camera captured the incident. The man began by throwing the rock, about the size of a tennis ball, at the glass door six times before banging against the glass with the rock repeatedly, next to the front door’s handle. After several attempts to break the glass, the man turned around and…

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